Tuesday 16 August 2011

My blog is on fire! (Now I have that Kings of Leon song stuck in my head)

The lovely Hart Johnson Gave me the Blog on Fire Award. I'm super happy, because Hart's blog inspired me to start my own after I met her on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award forum. I got this award a few months ago, but this time it comes with a new meme, which is pretty cool. So here we go!


1)  Are you a rutabaga? I had to Google this to find out what it was. To be honest, if I'm going to be a root vegetable I'd rather be a carrot. Doesn't sound very fancy, but makes great soup.

2) Who is your current crush? I'm holding on to James McAvoy, even though he kind of reminded me of a bumbling David Cameron in the X-Men prequel. Hopefully that was a one time blip, because David Cameron does not a leading man make.

3) Upload a heartwarming picture that makes you smile.

These pictures are of my Labrador Roxie when she was just twelve weeks old. When she was this size I carried her to other peoples houses in my handbag because she wasn't completely vaccinated, and couldn't touch ground that other non-vaccinated dogs could have walked on. She's now seventeen months old, sixty pounds, and carrying her anywhere would involve a wheelie suitcase and a back injury. I love her to bits, and these pictures makes me smile in that goofy way that parents do when they're looking at pictures of their newborn. Yes, I'm one of those dog owners. 




4) When was the last time you ate a vine-ripened tomato?

Probably the last time I ate in my mother in law's house. She buys vine ripened cherry tomatoes because they're the only kind her tortoise will eat. True story.


5) Name one habit that causes other people to plot your demise?

Probably my absent-mindedness. I can tell you the names of prominent nineteenth century physicians, but will forget where I put vital things and to do things you specifically asked me to do. Despite frequent reminders. I have a planner, post it notes, flash cards, Google reminders, and to-do lists but I still manage to forget almost everything important.

6) What is the weirdest, most-disgusting job you've ever had to do?  

I haven't had any weird, disgusting jobs (yet), but the worst job I've had was as a telephone market researcher. I had to ring people and ask them lots of questions on behalf of big companies. My worst day was when I was ringing on behalf of an Irish bank, I rang a woman and asked to speak to her husband. She told me that he had passed away a few weeks ago. I apologised, and said it was nothing important, just a customer satisfaction survey about his account with said bank. She said that he hadn't had an account with that bank, and got quite upset. I felt awful after the call. I'd just informed a grieving woman that her husband had a secret bank account. She didn't need to hear that, especially not then. Other bad days involved ringing people at 10am on Saturday mornings, and a woman who was convinced that I wasn't ringing from a call-centre, but was in fact her husband's mistress. Fun times.

8) What author introduced you to your genre?

Young adult urban fantasy: Richelle Mead. I love all her books. Women's contemporary fiction: Marian Keyes and Sophie Kinsella.

9) Describe yourself using obscure Latin words.

Sorry, I'm not going to even attempt this. My father and husband both learned Latin, and will pull me up if my declensions are wrong. 

That's it! Hope everyone is having a more productive writing day than me, I have a cold that is making my life (and that of my husband) miserable. Hope it passes quickly.




12 comments:

  1. Congrats on the award! (And by the way, I LOVE James McAvoy, too!!)

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  2. I answered that same meme not long ago. That was a fun read.

    Good job on the award! You've earned it. :)

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  3. Congrats on the award! :)

    I love the pics!

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  4. Congrats on the award! Loved your answers to these random questions. Haha. Also, your puppy is ADORABLE. Soooo cute! I just want to hug her!

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  5. love the pictures of the your puppy! what a cutie!!! I loved the answers to those questions! Those kind of things are fun aren't they. I hope you are having a good day!!


    Heather

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  6. Your dog is soooo cute! Makes me wish for one...darn those landlords that tell me no!

    Congrats on the award. :)

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  7. Cute puppy!!!

    And James McAvoy - A.men. :)

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  8. Thanks all of you! Yep, she was a cutie. She's not really cute any more, she's majestic(I did tell you I was one of those dog owners). I'll post adult pictures of her soon.

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  9. #5 rocked! That's so me! I write everything down, but it doesn't do much good when I forget to look at the list! And I'm totally with you on the James McAvoy! :)

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  10. Congrats on your award Ms. Carrot...LOL! Who learns latin today and where do they teach it? Nice answers and beautiful dog :)

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  11. Your pup is so cute!! I'm exactly the same way over my dogs :)

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